Harland PHILIPSON

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PHILIPSON, Harland

Service Number:	6601
Enlisted:	4 December 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Charters Towers, Queenland, Australia, 1 December 1892
Home Town:	Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling:	Charters Towers State School, Queenland, Australia
Occupation:	Amalgamator
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 27 December 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Underhill Farm Cemetery Row B, Grave No. 27. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

4 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6601, 26th Infantry Battalion
7 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 6601, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 6601, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Harland Philipson was the son of William and Margaret Philipson, of Black Jack, Charters Towers, Queensland. Prior to the war he worked as an amalgamator in the mining industry in Charters Towers.

His older brother, 2456 Pte. Nicholas John Philipson 9th Battalion AIF had been killed in action almost exactly 12 months previously on 28 December 1916, aged 25.

Harland joined the 26th Battalion at the front on 27 October 1917. He died of wounds exactly two months later in Belgium

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